Neville Benton Quigley

Pilot Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Frank Martin Quigley and Cora Cecilia Quigley, of Napier, Hawke's Bay.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Two R.N.Z.A.F. pilots were killed near Ohakea to-day, when the Warhawks they were flying in formation collided when coming to land. They were Pilot-Officer Neville Benton Quigley and Sergeant Frank Ernest Rout. Pilot-Officer Quigley's mother is Mrs C. C. Quigley of Napier, and Sergeant Rout's father is Mr. E. Rout, of Awapuni. Pilot-Officer Quigley was aged 21, and Sergeant Rout, 20."

EVENING STAR, ISSUE 25440, 22 MARCH 1945, PAGE 4

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Casualty

Service Number:

436693

Name:

Neville Benton Quigley

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs Cora Cecilia Quigley (mother), Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in an aircraft accident

Date of Death:

21 March 1945

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Napier (Park Island) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Ang. Sec. 13. 46.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand